American Basketball League is a name that has been used by three defunct basketball leagues and a recently active league in the United States:
American Basketball League (1925–1955), the first major professional basketball leagueAmerican Basketball League (1961–1962), a league that only played a single full seasonAmerican Basketball League (1996–1998), a women's basketball leagueAmerican Basketball League (2013–2015), a semi-professional men's basketball league. It is the fourth league to use the ABL name. reference